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2018 SEC women's basketball tournament

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2018 SEC women's basketball tournament
ClassificationDivision I
Season2017–18
Teams14
SiteBridgestone Arena
Nashville, TN
ChampionsSouth Carolina (4th title)
Winning coachDawn Staley (4th title)
MVPA'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Attendance45,174
TelevisionSEC Network, ESPN2, ESPNU
← 2017
2019 →
2017–18 SEC women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 4 Mississippi State 16 0   1.000 37 2   .949
No. 7 South Carolina 12 4   .750 29 7   .806
No. 18 Georgia 12 4   .750 26 7   .788
No. 12 Tennessee 11 5   .688 25 8   .758
No. 17 Missouri 11 5   .688 24 8   .750
No. 14 Texas A&M 11 5   .688 26 10   .722
No. 24 LSU 11 5   .688 19 10   .655
Alabama 7 9   .438 20 14   .588
Kentucky 6 10   .375 15 17   .469
Auburn 5 11   .313 14 15   .483
Arkansas 3 13   .188 13 18   .419
Florida 3 13   .188 11 19   .367
Vanderbilt 3 13   .188 7 24   .226
Ole Miss 1 15   .063 12 19   .387
2018 SEC tournament winner
As of April 1, 2018
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018 Southeastern Conference women's basketball tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Southeastern Conference held at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee, from February 28 through March 4, 2018. South Carolina defeated the regular-season champions Mississippi State to earn an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament.

Seeds

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Seed School Conference
record
Overall
record
Tiebreaker
1 Mississippi State‡† 16–0 32–0
2 South Carolina 12–4 25–6 1–0 vs. UGA
3 Georgia 12–4 25–6 0–1 vs. SC
4 LSU 11–5 19–9 1–0 vs. MIZZOU, 1–0 vs. TEN, 1–1 vs. TXAM
5 Texas A&M# 11–5 24–9 1–0 vs. MIZZOU, 1–1 vs. LSU, 1–1 vs. TEN
6 Missouri# 11–5 24–7 1–0 vs. TEN, 0–1 LSU, 0–1 vs. TXAM
7 Tennessee# 11–5 24–7 1–1 vs. TXAM, 0–1 vs. LSU, 0–1 vs. MIZZOU
8 Alabama# 7–9 17–13
9 Kentucky# 6–10 15–16
10 Auburn# 5–11 14–15
11 Florida 3–13 11–19 1–0 vs. VANDY, 1–0 vs. ARK
12 Vanderbilt 3–13 7–24 0–1 vs. UF, 1–0 vs. ARK
13 Arkansas 3–13 13–18 0–1 vs. UF, 0–1 vs. VANDY
14 Ole Miss 1–15 12–19
‡ – SEC regular season champions, and tournament No. 1 seed.
† – Received a double-bye in the conference tournament.
# – Received a single-bye in the conference tournament.
Overall records include all games played in the SEC Tournament.

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Television Attendance
First round – Wednesday, February 28
1 11:00 am
#12 Vanderbilt vs. #13 Arkansas
SEC Network 4,371
2 1:30 pm
#11 Florida vs. #14 Ole Miss
Second round – Thursday, March 1
3 Noon
#8 Alabama vs. #9 Kentucky
SEC Network 3,889
4 2:30 pm
#5 Texas A&M vs. #13 Arkansas
5 6:00 pm
#7 Tennessee vs. #10 Auburn
6,047
6 8:30 pm
#6 Missouri vs. #14 Ole Miss
Quarterfinals – Friday, March 2
7 Noon
#1 Mississippi State vs. #9 Kentucky
SEC Network 6,344
8 2:30 pm
#4 LSU vs. #5 Texas A&M
9 6:00 pm
#2 South Carolina vs. #7 Tennessee
7,489
10 8:30 pm
#3 Georgia vs. #6 Missouri
Semifinals – Saturday, March 3
11 4:00 pm
#1 Mississippi State vs #5 Texas A&M
ESPNU 8,819
12 6:30 pm
#2 South Carolina vs #3 Georgia
Championship – Sunday, March 4
13 3:30 pm
#1 Mississippi State vs #2 South Carolina
ESPN2 8,215
*Game times in CT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed

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Bracket

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  • All times are Central
First round
Wednesday, February 28
SECN
11AM
1:25PM
Second round
Thursday, March 1
SECN
12PM
2:25PM
6PM
8:25PM
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 2
SECN
12PM
2:25PM
6PM
8:25PM
Semifinals
Saturday, March 3
ESPNU
4PM
6:25PM
Championship
Sunday, March 4
ESPN2
3:30PM
9Kentucky58
9Kentucky711Mississippi State81
8Alabama641Mississippi State70
5Texas A&M55
5Texas A&M75
13Arkansas524LSU69
12Vanderbilt765Texas A&M821Mississippi State51
13Arkansas882South Carolina62
7Tennessee62
10Auburn612South Carolina73
7Tennessee642South Carolina71
3Georgia49
6Missouri41
14Ole Miss503Georgia55
11Florida436Missouri59
14Ole Miss48

See also

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References

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